Barnoldswick is one of the longest place names in the United Kingdom without repeating any letters. Buckfastleigh in Devon, Buslingthorpe in Leeds, West Yorkshire and Buslingthorpe in Lincolnshire are longer with 13 letters.

Sharp Haw is a hill on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, located just within the National Park. Being the last outpost of the hills before the broad Aire valley, and with a sharp summit from many angles, it is prominent and easily recognisable from much of the area to the south.

The Beeching cuts of 1963 reduced the services along the Skipton?Colne line, and on 2 February 1970 this section of line closed. The station was demolished the next year and replaced by a single platform with a simple shelter.[3] The Skipton - East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership campaigns to reinstate the Skipton?Colne line.